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| HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, Section 603 of Jefferson's Manual of the Rules of |
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| the United States House of Representatives allows federal |
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| impeachment proceedings to be initiated by joint resolution of |
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| a state legislature; and
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| WHEREAS, President Bush has publicly admitted to ordering |
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| the National Security Agency to violate provisions of the 1978 |
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| Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, a felony, specifically |
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| authorizing the Agency to spy on American citizens without |
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| warrant; and
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| WHEREAS, Evidence suggests that President Bush authorized |
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| violation of the Torture Convention of the Geneva Conventions, |
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| a treaty regarded a supreme law by the United States |
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| Constitution; and
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| WHEREAS, The Bush Administration has held American |
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| citizens and citizens of other nations as prisoners of war |
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| without charge or trial; and
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| WHEREAS, Evidence suggests that the Bush Administration |
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| has manipulated intelligence for the purpose of initiating a |
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| war against the sovereign nation of Iraq, resulting in the |
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| deaths of large numbers of Iraqi civilians and causing the |
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| United States to incur loss of life, diminished security and |
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| billions of dollars in unnecessary expenses; and
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| WHEREAS, The Bush Administration leaked classified |
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| national secrets to further a political agenda, exposing an |
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| unknown number of covert U. S. intelligence agents to potential |
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| harm and retribution while simultaneously refusing to |
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| investigate the matter; and
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| WHEREAS, The Republican-controlled Congress has declined |